Seahawks' Carroll on facing Rams: 'There's no room for error'

November 7, 2018 7:05 PM

In that first game against the Rams this season, you guys found success in the run game. What was the key to that?

Carroll: "It’s the commitment to it. It’s coming back to it and believing in it and keep going. When you are committed to the running game like we are, you don’t get big runs all the time. You have to stay with it and keep hammering at it and make the space and make the yards and finish the plays and convert your third downs so that you get the extra chances to keep running it. It’s really about commitment."

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What’s your confidence in the pass rush beyond Frank Clark? What do you need to see from the rest of the defensive line?

Carroll: "We need good teamwork, really. We need our guys to work together and (Jarran) Reed has done a nice job being a factor. He’s had more production than he ever has before at the midpoint here, so we’re counting on him to continue to cause problems, but we need to work together. It’s gaming it up and stunting the way we need to, to make our space and all that. Dion Jordan brings it and Jacob Martin has been really flashy. He’s been a factor so we’re looking for those guys to continue to just create issues with the pass protection. A lot of that is working together, though."

What do you need to see different from the secondary this time around against the Rams?

Carroll: "We have to work with the under coverage better than we did last (time). We gave up some stuff that they dumped off and made a lot of yards after the catch. A couple of those were tackles, but just deployment and stuff. We just need to work better with our guys. We rushed quite a bit with five guys last time we played them and when that happens, you just have to cover down a little bit better than we did. We have to clean that up."

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K.J. Wright was sidelined the first time you guys played the Rams. How much of a difference can his presence make this time around?

Carroll: "There’s no question he’s going to help us. He just understands the principles that are necessary in this game because of the play passes and the things they do. He’s extraordinarily equipped to take care of some of those plays a lot of players aren’t able to make, so we’re hoping that that will come through for us and he’ll be a big factor."

Carroll: "We better get there. This group is fantastic — all three guys getting almost 40 catches. (Cooper) Kupp has 37 catches or whatever, but that’s only because he hasn’t been playing. (Brandin) Cooks has 40-something (catches) and Robert (Woods) got 51, I think it is. So, you don’t know where the ball is going. They have great choices and those guys are fantastic in there. So, add them to the guys that we’ve been seeing — yeah, we're just kind of getting warmed up. We got a long haul for big-time quarterbacks and receivers."

In that first game against the Rams this season, you guys found success in the run game. What was the key to that?

Carroll: "It’s the commitment to it. It’s coming back to it and believing in it and keep going. When you are committed to the running game like we are, you don’t get big runs all the time. You have to stay with it and keep hammering at it and make the space and make the yards and finish the plays and convert your third downs so that you get the extra chances to keep running it. It’s really about commitment."